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hey all, My first brew is about ready to bottle after some stupid rookie mistakes. Took a sample reading and the fg has been steady for 3 days. Any how to make a short story long a question. I am taking over the wife's wine fridge which chills wine to 46-50 deg. Is that cold enough to cold...

hey all, Brewing a Williams extract German Ale. I would rather make a lager, but I don't have the fridge to lager yet (yey:). The smack pack is ready(38 hours after smacking and it's swollen). I am doing a full boil( starting with 6 gals. in a 10 gal pot out side(edge of the garage, the...

Hey all, I just ordered a kit from Williams Brewing(the brewery kit with a 40 qt pot. German ale). I brewed 3 kits back in the late 80's. Back then it was a a pre hopped kit(1 can). 1 was good, 1 was ok and the last one, looking back I did not wait long enough and got that green apple taste...

Hey all, I am not even a newbie yet and I am looking for a starter equipment kit. I saw one on the William's Brewing web page. I was looking at the kit with the wort chiller and 10 gal brew pot. Have any of you used their brew pots(10 gal.). What else would/will I need besides bottles/keg...

Hey, what size brew pot should a newbie start with? Would a SS 9gal pot be ok for a 5 gal. full boil batch. If I started to do all grain down the road, would that do? I noticed a 9 gal pot from adventures in home brewing? Any opinion on that brew pot? I am looking into this hobby of home...

Hey all, Not home brewing yet but a ? about using a 30 qt aluminum pot. I have used this pot to fry in and will in the future, any problem with using this to brew beer in? Last time I brew beer was just the total extract about 20 years ago. I will try to keep the upfront cost down and then add...